News at its Zenith
News at its Zenith
Custom intercept N1.3b smuggled goods Custom arrest seven, intercept N1.3b goods. The Nigeria Customs Service’s Ogun 1 Area Command caught 22,526 bags of foreign parboiled rice weighing 50kg on Tuesday and seized 392 items, including five exotic luxury buses smuggled into the country through the Ohumbe land border between January and June 2023. Bamidele Makinde, […]
Hoodlums Hoodlums kidnap Ebonyi Catholic priest,3 others. Hoodlums (Gunmen) kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, and three other people in Ebonyi State on Monday. Azubuike is the parish priest of St. Charles Parish, Mgbaleze village, Isu community, in the state’s Onicha Local Government Area. The Chancellor of the Abakaliki Diocese, Rev Father Mathew […]
Gbenga Daniel Gbenga Daniel stopped Ogun monthly pension. Former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, has explained why he requested that his pensions and benefits as a former governor be discontinued. He stated that the choice was made to avoid receiving double pay after returning to public service after a 12-year absence. This was stated […]
NDLEA NDLEA orders nationwide crackdown sale of nitrous oxide. The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General, Buba Marwa (retd), has ordered a nationwide clampdown on the sale and use of nitrous oxide also known as ”laughing gas.” Nitrous oxide, also called “N20″ is a colourless gas used for sedation and pain relief by […]
Army arrests theft 12 arrested for oil theft in Rivers. The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt said its men arrested one Desmond Okeh for impersonation, while 12 others were nabbed for their alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering. The army said the 12 suspects were arrested by the troops of the […]
President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Tinubu seeks Senate confirmation. The President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has written to the Senate urging that the newly appointed Service Chiefs be confirmed. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who read the letter at the start of the plenary session on Tuesday, said the service chiefs would be screened by the entire […]
Nkechinyere Umeh Soludo gives student with highest UTME score scholarship. Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, the best performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, has received a scholarship from Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Soludo stated that the gesture came after JAMB announced Umeh from Anambra State as the highest scorer with a total […]
Fuel smuggling Fuel smuggling continues despite subsidy removal. The Customs CG restructures border enforcement and orders a crackdown on fuel smuggling cartels. NNPCL intercepts a vessel destined for Cameroon carrying 800,000 litres of stolen crude oil. The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday, vowed a heavy clampdown on oil thieves, […]
Stella Oduah Court hands over lawyer to EFCC. The Federal Government has filed an eight-count indictment against Stella Oduah, former Minister of Aviation, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The former lawmaker is named as the single defendant in the complaint filed by the FG through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and she […]
Tope Alabi Tope Alabi says Aboru Aboye is purely Yoruba language. Popular Tope Alabi, a Nigerian gospel singer, has responded to the controversy surrounding her viral video in which she was heard singing in Yoruba using the word ‘Aboru Aboye,’ a sort of greeting among Ifa initiates. In the popular video, Alabi referred to herself […]
